City Marshal Betz updated City Council members and Mayor Scott LeMay on a new parking enforcement program at a recent council work session.
The marshal’s office has added necessary personnel. Parking infractions will now be handled as civil matters because it is easier to enforce than criminal.
After a short warning period, marshals will begin enforcement of the new regulations. Enforcement will be seven days per week with an emphasis on times when residents are at home, before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. weekdays and on weekends, as this is when most problems occur.
Marshals will respond to parking complaints via the E-Assist portal seven days a week and hardware will be purchased that will print warnings and tickets, as well as track past issues. Failure to pay after three tickets could result in immobilization or towing of the vehicle.
A barnacle, which attaches to a windshield with giant suction cups and blocks the driver’s vision, will be placed on a car in violation after the third ticket. Fees will also be enforced — $25 for the first ticket, $50 for second and $75 for third. Late fees will be assessed for unpaid tickets.
Since the goal is not to gain revenue, ticket amounts are low.
Betz said that deputies will consider hardships like hospitalization, illness, etc. for residents unable to move their cars within the required 48 hours.
Oversized vehicle parking ordinance was also explained:
The goal is to provide congestion relief in residential areas by prohibiting on-street parking of oversized vehicles, 
modified vehicles, dump trucks, utility trailers, box trucks and/or recreational vehicles.
Certain commercial vehicles will be allowed on private property. This includes modified vehicles with beds less than 16 feet in length, box trucks less than 16 feet in length and trailers less than 16 feet, not including the trailer tongue.
Oversized vehicles are allowed on the street for loading and unloading or construction activities. Recreational vehicles are allowed on private property and in street for loading and unloading. Catering or food trucks are prohibited unless delivering to or providing service at a residence or construction site.
Oversized vehicle means a tow truck (wrecker), truck tractor, road tractor, semitrailer, trailer greater than 16 feet in length whether attached to the truck. This includes passenger vehicles designed to carry more than 16 persons and includes modified vehicles with a rating of 9,000 gross weight or higher.
A modified vehicle includes passenger trucks equipped in any manner to facilitate a trade or hobby, including a flatbed truck with or without side rails. Included are trucks with permanently mounted equipment using aerial buckets, platforms, welding equipment, mechanical or hydraulic devices and all other truck bodies not the standard passenger truck body and cargo bed installed by the original truck manufacturer.
These are allowed on private property, but not in the street.
This does not include passenger vehicles altered to assist disabled individuals.
Recreational use vehicle means a motor vehicle designed as temporary living quarters for recreational travel or vacation, a boat or personal watercraft and a motorcycle or ATV designed for off-road use. It includes travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, motor home, trailers to carry boats or personal watercraft, motorcycles and ATVs and utility trailers not more than 16 feet in length excluding the tongue, which do not contain equipment or materials that are associated with an occupation.